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Species Funambulus pennantii Wroughton, 1905

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Species Funambulus pennantii Wroughton, 1905

Five-lined Palm Squirrel, Northern Palm Squirrel

  • Funambulus pennantii Wroughton, R.C. 1905. The common Palm-Squirrel. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16: 406-413 [411].
    Type data:
     Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Mand vi Taluka of Surat district, Guzerath, India.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Occurs naturally in northern India and in Pakistan; feral colony at Perth Zoo, captive colony at Melbourne Zoo, colony at Adelaide extinct; for general distribution in Australia see Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference With Conservation Status. Collingwood, VIC : CSIRO Publishing 162 pp..

Introduced from Oriental Region.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Oriental Region

  • India
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan

Distribution References

  • Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Northern Palm Squirrel)

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. (Five-lined Palm Squirrel)